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U.N. monitors say Taliban sanctions failing
Full Article The Hindu
04 Dec 2013

The United Nations team monitoring the Security Council sanctions against the Taliban has warned that the international community is ill-placed to contain a surge of extortion-related funding the jihadist group is expected to raise in the run-up to next year’s elections in Afghanistan. “In 2014”, states the third report of the...
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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Shelby Johnson scans the horizon Nov. 18, 2013, during a dismounted patrol from Forward Operating Base Torkham to an Afghan Border Police checkpoint near the village of Goloco.
photo: US Army / Sgt. Eric Provost

updated 03 Aug 2010; published 03 Aug 2010
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MaximsNewsNetwork: AL-QAIDA & TALIBAN SANCTIONS UPDATED: UN S-C (UNTV)
updated 13 Sep 2012; published 13 Sep 2012
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TOLOnews 12 September 2012 TOWDE KHABARE/تودی خبری ۱۲ سپتمبر ۲۰۱۲
updated 13 Sep 2012; published 13 Sep 2012
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TOLOnews 12 September 2012 FARAKHABAR/فراخبر ۱۲ سپتمبر ۲۰۱۲
updated 14 Jul 2009; published 14 Jul 2009
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MaximsNewsNetwork: WAR on TERROR vs. RULE of LAW
updated 05 Nov 2013; published 05 Nov 2013
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Gates and Karzai comments on US mission Libya civilian deaths 2011 News
updated 16 May 2012; published 16 May 2012
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Inside The Taliban [National Geographic]
Ukraine PM warns protesters as delegation seeks financial help in Moscow
Full Article Swissinfo
04 Dec 2013

Reuters December 4, 2013 - 15:28 By Richard Balmforth and Thomas Grove KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's prime minister warned protesters trying to blockade government buildings on Wednesday they would be punished for any "illegal acts", as officials went to Moscow seeking aid to avoid a financial meltdown. Meeting the Ukrainian delegation, Russian...
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A protester collects firewood for heating in downtown Kiev, Ukraine, early Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013. Ukraine's opposition failed to force out the government with a parliamentary no-confidence vote Tuesday.
photo: AP / Sergei Grits

updated 04 Dec 2013; published 04 Dec 2013
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Russia calls for 'stability and order' in Ukraine as protests continue
updated 26 Nov 2013; published 26 Nov 2013
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Thousands Protest in Kiev
updated 12 Nov 2013; published 12 Nov 2013
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Fryday Afterwork @ Indigo Project (27.09.2013)
updated 12 Nov 2013; published 12 Nov 2013
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2013-11-03, Euro-Rus protest 'Europe-Russia-Syria Solidarity', Brussels
updated 17 Oct 2013; published 17 Oct 2013
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updated 09 Aug 2013; published 09 Aug 2013
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Fryday Afterwork @ Arena Martini Terrazza (02.08.13)
Hezbollah militant killed in Beirut
Full Article BBC News
04 Dec 2013

One of the leaders of Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah has been killed near Beirut, the group says. Hassan Lakkis...
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File - Hezbollah members, hold Hezbollah and Lebanese flags as they march during a rally marking Hezbollah Martyrs Day, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012.
photo: AP / Bilal Hussein

updated 04 Dec 2013; published 04 Dec 2013
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Hezbollah Militant Hassan Lakkis Killed in Beirut - Breaking News
updated 22 May 2013; published 22 May 2013
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Thirty Hezbollah fighters killed in Syria - activists
updated 04 Dec 2013; published 04 Dec 2013
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BBC News - Hezbollah commander Hassan Lakkis killed near Beirut
updated 04 Dec 2013; published 04 Dec 2013
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Lebanon Hezbollah says commander 'assassinated' near Beirut
updated 22 May 2013; published 22 May 2013
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FSA kill 55 Soldiers of Hezbollah 22-5 Qusair
updated 04 Dec 2013; published 04 Dec 2013
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Hezbollah Militant Commander Hassan Lakkis Killed In Beirut
Studies warn of abrupt environmental effects of warming
Full Article Baltimore Sun
04 Dec 2013

Scientists sounded alarms Tuesday with a pair of studies challenging the idea that climate change is occurring gradually over the century and that its worst effects can be avoided by keeping emissions below a critical threshold. A National Research Council report says the planet is warming so quickly that the world should expect abrupt and...
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File - Island Nation of Kiribati Affected by Climate Change in this low-lying land. Locals in Tebikenikora, a village in the Pacific island nation of Kiribati.
photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe

updated 23 Jun 2012; published 23 Jun 2012
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Global Warming or a New Ice Age: Documentary Film
updated 05 Sep 2013; published 05 Sep 2013
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The Environment - Abrupt Climate Change
updated 16 May 2012; published 16 May 2012
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Climate Change
updated 14 Sep 2009; published 14 Sep 2009
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Stop The Global Climate Change
updated 03 Apr 2008; published 03 Apr 2008
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Abrupt Climate Change
updated 03 May 2012; published 03 May 2012
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GreenTube : Help social media fight climate change
Biden in China amid spat over air defense zone
Full Article The Guardian
04 Dec 2013

JOSH LEDERMAN Associated Press= BEIJING (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden has arrived in Beijing for meetings with top Chinese leaders amid an international spat over China's new air defense zone. Biden flew...
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US Vice President Joe Biden speaks during the United States Forces-Iraq change of command ceremony in Baghdad, on Wednesday Sept. 1, 2010, as a new US military mission in Iraq was launched ending seven years of combat.
photo: AP / Jim Watson Pool

updated 04 Dec 2013; published 04 Dec 2013
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Biden visits China
updated 04 Dec 2013; published 04 Dec 2013
1:22
Biden visits China, main agenda is air defence zone
updated 04 Dec 2013; published 04 Dec 2013
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Joe Biden in China: US Vice President Joe Biden arrives in Beijing to discuss air defense zone
updated 04 Dec 2013; published 04 Dec 2013
0:35
Biden llega a China para tratar tensión de la zona aérea
updated 04 Dec 2013; published 04 Dec 2013
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BBC News - Biden in China amid air zone tensions
updated 04 Dec 2013; published 04 Dec 2013
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Biden in China um Vermittlung bemüht | Journal
Hezbollah blames Iranian embassy blasts on Saudi Arabia
Full Article Canberra Times
04 Dec 2013

The bombed Iranian embassy in Beirut. Photo: AFP Beirut: Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah has blamed Saudi Arabia for a twin suicide attack on the Iranian embassy in Beirut that killed 25 people. The Abdullah Azzam Brigades, an al-Qaeda affiliate that claimed responsibility for the attacks last month, "has an emir and he is Saudi, and I am...
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Hezbollah blames Iranian embassy blasts on Saudi Arabia
photo: AP / Santiago Lyon

updated 04 Dec 2013; published 04 Dec 2013
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Nasrallah says Saudi behind blasts at Iran's Beirut embassy
updated 20 Nov 2013; published 20 Nov 2013
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Twin bombings outside Iran Embassy in Beirut kill over two dozen
updated 04 Dec 2013; published 04 Dec 2013
4:58
Nasrallah says S. Arabia behind attack on Iran Embassy in Beirut
updated 26 Nov 2013; published 26 Nov 2013
2:03
Iran : Twin Suicide Bombings on Iranian embassy in Beirut, Lebenon kills 23 people (Nov 19
updated 19 Nov 2013; published 19 Nov 2013
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Kevork Almassian Saudi Arabia is behind Iran Embassy Attack
updated 19 Nov 2013; published 19 Nov 2013
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Syria minister blames KSA, PG states, Israel for Beirut blasts
DRC wants to finish talks with M23 rebels
Full Article Al Jazeera
03 Dec 2013

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) president wants to urgently end talks with rebels in the country's east, Ugandan and Congolese statements have said, despite no deal being reached. DRC President Joseph Kabila and Uganda's Yoweri Museveni met on Monday in Uganda's capital to discuss the deal, but there was no sign of a...
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File - Uruguayan troops of the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) patrol the streets of Goma in armored vehicles to protect residents of the city, which is under threat from the rebel group known as M23, 13 July, 2012.
photo: UN / Sylvain Liechti

updated 13 Nov 2013; published 13 Nov 2013
1:40
Congo dismiss Uganda's alleged walkout on rebel talks
updated 12 Nov 2013; published 12 Nov 2013
1:57
DRC Leaves Peace Talks With M23 Rebels
updated 20 Nov 2013; published 20 Nov 2013
1:40
DR Congo and M23 rebel group fail to sign peace deal
updated 12 Nov 2013; published 12 Nov 2013
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DRC government and M23 rebels failed to sign peace deal.
updated 11 Sep 2013; published 11 Sep 2013
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DRC Gov't vs M23 Rebels Kampala Talks, Uganda CCTV, 10 09 13)
updated 18 Jan 2013; published 18 Jan 2013
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Is there hope for peace in the DRC, considering talks between Rebels and DRC Government?
Two terror suspects sue Poland over 'CIA torture'
Full Article BBC News
03 Dec 2013

The European Court of Human Rights is hearing a case brought by two terror suspects who accuse Poland of conniving in US human rights abuses. The two men are currently held at the US Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba. Abu Zubaydah and another al-Qaeda suspect say they were tortured at a secret prison in Poland in...
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Night comes to Camp X-ray in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Detainees from the war in Afghanistan have been held on the island since January 2002.
photo: US Coastguard / PA2 Megan Casey

updated 03 Dec 2013; published 03 Dec 2013
3:46
Terror Suspects Sue CIA And Poland Over Torture
updated 31 Oct 2013; published 31 Oct 2013
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Russia US Arrests 2012 News
updated 10 Nov 2011; published 10 Nov 2011
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USS Cole Bombing Suspect Arraigned by Gitmo Military Commission
updated 31 Mar 2012; published 31 Mar 2012
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CIA Secret Prisons Probe: Polish PM Urges "Discretion"
updated 25 Aug 2009; published 25 Aug 2009
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CIA tortured terror suspects in Lithuanian secret prison RT 082509
updated 18 Apr 2008; published 18 Apr 2008
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This World 2007 - Mystery Flights - Part 5 of 6
Crashed NY train travelling three times speed limit
Full Article The Irish Times
03 Dec 2013

The Metro-North Railroad train that hurtled off the rails on a sleepy holiday weekend morning was traveling more than 80 mph (128 km/h) as it approached one of the sharpest curves in the region’s rail system, federal investigators said on Monday - nearly three times the speed permitted through the turn. The throttle was still engaged - giving the...
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An Amtrak train, top, traveling on an unaffected track, passes a derailed Metro North commuter train, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013 in the Bronx borough of New York.
photo: AP / Mark Lennihan

updated 21 Jun 2012; published 21 Jun 2012
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Italo video guide - Italy's new high-speed train
updated 18 Sep 2012; published 18 Sep 2012
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High speed rail board meeting
updated 12 Feb 2012; published 12 Feb 2012
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India Train Ride (High Speed Movie) Indian Railways भारतीय रेल
updated 22 Feb 2013; published 22 Feb 2013
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Pt. 3 of 7: Economic and Social Impacts of High-Speed Rail Systems: Financing High-Speed Rail
updated 11 Jul 2012; published 11 Jul 2012
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On-board Train from Xingyang - Yima (China)
updated 30 May 2013; published 30 May 2013
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R1 Vintage A Train (1931) - On Board from 59 St to 125 street Express Dash (SPEED!)
UN links Assad to war crimes
Full Article Canberra Times
03 Dec 2013

Opposition protesters in northern Syria stand on a portrait of President Bashar al-Assad. Photo: AP Geneva: The top United Nations human rights official has linked Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to war crimes and crimes against humanity for the first time, citing evidence collected by her panel of investigators over the course of the 33-month-old...
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File - Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, addresses the round table discussion on “The post-2015 development agenda and inclusive development for persons with disabilities”, held as part of the General Assembly’s high-level meeting on disability and development, 23 September, 2013.
photo: UN / Sarah Fretwell

updated 02 Dec 2013; published 02 Dec 2013
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Syria War Crimes Evidence Implicates Assad: UN | NewsLook
updated 02 Dec 2013; published 02 Dec 2013
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Syria war crimes evidence implicates Assad: UN
updated 18 Sep 2012; published 18 Sep 2012
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UN Human Rights Panel Says Jihadists, Iran Fighting in Syria: War Crimes on Rise - 23,000 Killed
updated 16 Sep 2013; published 16 Sep 2013
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United Nations Confirms Usa Of Sarin Gas In Syria Chemical Attack
updated 07 May 2013; published 07 May 2013
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John Kerry Meets With Russian President Vladimir Putin To Push For Tougher Stance On Syria
updated 29 Aug 2013; published 29 Aug 2013
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Chemical Attack In Syria, UN Inspects Gassed Sites - Assad's War Crime

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Wall Street is buzzing, and it’s all about bubbles. In fact, according to Google Trends, interest in the term “stock bubble” was higher in November 2013 than...
Viva Brazuca: Taking the 2014 World Cup Game Ball For a Spin
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Leslie Horn - Every four years, there’s another World Cup. Every World Cup gets a new game ball. And since 1970, that ball has been made by Adidas. Enter Brazuca, the...
Roma in Sweden: A nation questions itself
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News of a secret police register in Sweden containing the names of 4,000 people, most of them Roma, has tarnished the Swedish reputation for tolerance and resulted in anti-Roma...

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Stocks Lower on Fed Stimulus Concern
Trader Christopher Moire works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, April 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Stocks fell in morning trading on speculation Wednesday that the Federal Reserve may pull back on its stimulus after more encouraging news about the economy. Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @NYTNational for breaking news and headlines. Twitter...
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Shanghai Students Again Top Global Test
SHANGHAI, China - Students at a local martitime university in Shanghai cheer as the 378-foot Coast Guard Cutter Rush arrives in Shanghai, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009. The crew of the Rush is only the third Coast Guard asset to visit Mainland China. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Christopher Evanson. (701504) ( CGC Rush visits Shanghai )
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Students from Shanghai have once again outscored their peers around the rest of the world in reading, math and science, according to the newly released results of an international standardized exam. The Program for International Student Assessment,...
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Biden Meets With Chinese President, No Public Mention of ADIZ
Vice President Joe Biden, second from right, meets with Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, third from left, and their respective delegations in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012.
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U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping met Wednesday in Beijing, but neither publicly commented on China&aposs; new air defense zone, or ADIZ, that has raised regional tensions. After their initial meeting inside...
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War crimes apologist from Franco-Algerian war dies
A soldier injured in the explosion of the Algiers City Hall during Algeria´s war of independence
Springfield News-Sun
French Gen. Paul Aussaresses, whose cold admission of executions and torture during the Algerian independence war five decades ago forced France to examine a dark period of its past, has died. He was 95. Aussaresses, whose death was announced...
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EU To Fine Banks $2.3 Billion For Benchmark Rigging
The facade of the Royal Bank of Scotland's London headquarters is seen in The City of London, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010.
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See Also BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A group of leading European and American banks will be fined a record 1.7 billion euros ($2.3 billion) by the European Commission for the rigging of interest-rate benchmarks, a source familiar with the matter...
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Katy Perry celebrated by UNICEF
Singer Katy Perry laughs in reaction to a comment before she is appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador at UNICEF headquarters in New York
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Katy Perry was welcomed into the UNICEF family Tuesday night. The 29-year-old pop star was appointed the philanthropic organisation's newest Goodwill Ambassador earlier in the day. Katy was later joined by employees of the United Nations...
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Traffickers may target typhoon survivors
Traffickers may target typhoon survivors
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Washington - Thousands of women and children in the Philippines risk falling prey to human traffickers in the aftermath of last month's catastrophic typhoon, lawmakers and the chief US aid agency warned on Tuesday. A US congressman returning from a...
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